Biography
Isabela Merced is an American actress and singer. Born Isabela Yolanda Moner on 10 July 2001 in Cleveland, Ohio, she began acting in community theatre as a child and made her Broadway debut at age ten in a production of Evita.
She rose to prominence with the lead role of CJ Martin in the Nickelodeon series 100 Things to Do Before High School (2014–2016) and voiced Kate in Dora and Friends: Into the City! (2014–2017). Film roles include Izabella in Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Lizzy in Instant Family (2018), Isabel Reyes in Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) and the title character in Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019). In 2019 she adopted the professional name Isabela Merced.
Later credits include Rachel Cooper in Sweet Girl (2021), Anya Corazón in Madame Web (2024), Kay in Alien: Romulus (2024), Dina in The Last of Us (2023) and Hawkgirl in Superman (2025) and Peacemaker (2025).
